INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The Green Bay men's swimming and diving squad captured
the team title at the Butler Invitational on Sunday in Indianapolis, finishing
with 778 points to top the four-team men's field consisting of Xavier, Ball
State and IUPUI.

Senior diver Mitchell Spaeth (Fredonia, Wis.) had a
strong day on the boards to pace the Phoenix, winning the 1-meter event with a
score of 300.90 while also placing second on the 3-meter board with a score of
300.85. Freshman Willem Poelmans
(Hasselt, Belgium) also turned in a solid day in the pool, winning the 400-yard
IM in 4:07.99 and finishing third in the 200 breaststroke (2:11.69).

Other top performances for
the Phoenix on Sunday included Jonathan
Lesniak's (McHenry, Ill.) second-place finish in the 100 breast (59.04), Robert Miner's (Madison, Wis.)
runner-up finish in the 200 butterfly (1:54.58) and Casey Murphy's (Sun Prairie, Wis.) second-place effort in the 100
freestyle (47.83).

Both Green Bay swimming
and diving teams are next in action on Saturday, Feb. 2 when they host in-state
Horizon League rival Milwaukee for Senior Day at 2 p.m. at the Peter F.
Dorschel Natatorium. It will serve as the teams' final tune-up before the 2013
Horizon League Championships in Chicago Feb. 27-March 2.